pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
audience; attendance; hearers
weird; odd; bizarre; curious
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); woman who works in an adult entertainment business; demimondaine; prostitute
in addition to that; furthermore; moreover; by; with
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
that day; the very same day
prior engagement; previous appointment; prior agreement; previous promise; previous contract
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice
dull; stupid; thickheaded; slow; sluggish
close; intimate; on good terms
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
middle of the night; dead of night
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
at this stage; at this point; (only) now
thickly (filled with smoke or steam)
owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about